The sight of Rafael de Aguirre makes Evelyn Reid's pulse race. He is accused of murdering the man she had come to the New Mexico Territory to join, and of being the masked renegade who defies the local landowners. Yet in addition to the schoolmaster's dark good looks and seemingly gentle nature, something leaves Evelyn unconvinced of his guilt. He is clearly not innocent, however-his heated gaze proves that-and she vows that before all is done, she will see his secrets unveiled. For Evelyn, Rafe allows himself to be captured. She is the only one who can clear his name, yet is the one least likely to do so. Still, though it puts him in terrible peril, Rafe knows uncovering his face and surrendering his body is his only hope of salvation. Where he and the stubborn beauty will go from there, he can only imagine.